FielDrum Is Drumming Without The Pesky Motor Skills (Kinda)
Conceived and developed by the Magnetic Musical Training project, FieldDrum is the unholy union of mild-mannered percussion instruments and super-powered electromagnets. The electromagnets, mounted under the top head, are programmed to repel and attract the student’s sticks toward or away from the head. For those of you who haven’t guessed, the goal is here is to circumvent the boring, conventional tools of rhythm and motor skills and allow the drum to play itself. Whether the FielDrum can produce more than uneven legatos at this stage is still unclear. Whether it can produce a reliable alternative to actual drummers (who must constantly be fed, groomed, etc.) is equally uncertain.
(via Make)
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